Town file
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Elizabethtown, Kentucky (Hardin County, Kentucky) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 220, "If The Ring Doesn't Fit... ?" (21 April 2021). In 2004 Julie Marie White Boyd was twenty-six and starting her life again.
- Town
- Elizabethtown
- County
- Hardin County
- State
- Kentucky
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 220
- Approximate location
- 37.704, -85.879
Episode 220 / 21 April 2021 / 146 min / full
If The Ring Doesn't Fit...?
"we're going to Elizabeth town Kentucky ... it's in Harden County" about 0:05:10
The case: Murder of Julie Marie White Boyd (December 30th, 2004). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2021
- Population
- 29,794
- Median age
- about 37
- Median household income
- about $46,000
- Median home value
- $163,200
- Two-bedroom rent
- about $800
- Cost of living
- 83
- Religious
- 49.8%
- Property crime
- ▲ slightly above the national average
- Violent crime
- ▼ less than half
History, in brief
- The county was established in 1793. about 0:07:46
- Hardin County is named after Colonel John Hardin, described as an Indian fighter who worked with the local tribes. about 0:08:15
- Elizabethtown came from Colonel Andrew Hines, who owned some 30 acres and laid out streets and lots. about 0:09:08
- Thomas Lincoln helped Samuel Haycraft build a mill race at Haycraft's Mill on Valley Creek; Abraham Lincoln's family came from the area. about 0:09:27
- In 1862 Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and three thousand cavalrymen attacked the town, fired more than a hundred cannon balls into it and captured it, aiming to disrupt the railroad and the movement of armaments. about 0:10:04
- A cannon ball was found lodged in the side of a building on the public square; the building burned down in 1887, was rebuilt, and the town still keeps a cannon ball. about 0:10:30
- From 1871 to 1873 the Seventh Cavalry and a battalion of the Fourth Infantry under General Custer were stationed there to suppress the Klan and break up illegal distilleries. about 0:11:13
The reviews read out
5 stars
"Lived here 21 years, family friendly, pet friendly, safe, near the county schools and the supermarkets; recommends settling down here."about 0:12:28
1 star
"Lived here all their life; the town is boring, the businesses are small and boring, there is little to do and the stores are stupid; plans to leave in their twenties."about 0:14:06
2 stars
"Small compared with other places, no social activities, would like to see changes."about 0:15:56
2 stars
"Nightlife is practically non-existent, though it is relatively safe; the healthy living factor is low, there are no healthy events and nearly every restaurant is fast food."about 0:16:46
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Brandenburg, Kentucky26 miles
- Jeffersonville, Indiana45 miles
- Depoy, Kentucky82 miles
- Stab, Kentucky88 miles
- Madisonville, Kentucky92 miles
- Gainesboro, Tennessee94 miles
Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.